diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/BackgroundJob/RetryJob.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/BackgroundJob/RetryJob.php
index 821647e5e3..bb07c2717f 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/BackgroundJob/RetryJob.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/BackgroundJob/RetryJob.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class RetryJob extends Job {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the jobList
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 
diff --git a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php
index b1367be952..8a8d475da6 100644
--- a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php
+++ b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class GetSharedSecret extends Job{
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the joblist
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		$target = $this->argument['url'];
diff --git a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php
index 9123e37300..77d0234ef7 100644
--- a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php
+++ b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class RequestSharedSecret extends Job {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the joblist
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		$target = $this->argument['url'];
diff --git a/apps/lookup_server_connector/lib/BackgroundJobs/RetryJob.php b/apps/lookup_server_connector/lib/BackgroundJobs/RetryJob.php
index 3bc955f2fc..c0fba230a2 100644
--- a/apps/lookup_server_connector/lib/BackgroundJobs/RetryJob.php
+++ b/apps/lookup_server_connector/lib/BackgroundJobs/RetryJob.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class RetryJob extends Job {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the jobList
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		if ($this->shouldRun($this->argument)) {
diff --git a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/Job.php b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/Job.php
index cb9328f01b..bf0195b0a1 100644
--- a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/Job.php
+++ b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/Job.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ abstract class Job implements IJob {
 
 	/**
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		$jobList->setLastRun($this);
diff --git a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/QueuedJob.php b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/QueuedJob.php
index e5afc79233..2abfd257a4 100644
--- a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/QueuedJob.php
+++ b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/QueuedJob.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ abstract class QueuedJob extends Job {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the joblist
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		$jobList->remove($this, $this->argument);
diff --git a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php
index 22b48a8037..9179cf258e 100644
--- a/lib/private/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php
+++ b/lib/private/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ abstract class TimedJob extends Job {
 	 * run the job if
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		if ((time() - $this->lastRun) > $this->interval) {
diff --git a/lib/private/Migration/BackgroundRepair.php b/lib/private/Migration/BackgroundRepair.php
index 495b868607..cf4abbce15 100644
--- a/lib/private/Migration/BackgroundRepair.php
+++ b/lib/private/Migration/BackgroundRepair.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class BackgroundRepair extends TimedJob {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the job list
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		// add an interval of 15 mins
diff --git a/lib/private/Settings/RemoveOrphaned.php b/lib/private/Settings/RemoveOrphaned.php
index fbee95c887..29c7cf212b 100644
--- a/lib/private/Settings/RemoveOrphaned.php
+++ b/lib/private/Settings/RemoveOrphaned.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class RemoveOrphaned extends TimedJob {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the job list
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {
 		// add an interval of 15 mins
diff --git a/lib/public/BackgroundJob/IJob.php b/lib/public/BackgroundJob/IJob.php
index 05927989b6..0b14257075 100644
--- a/lib/public/BackgroundJob/IJob.php
+++ b/lib/public/BackgroundJob/IJob.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ interface IJob {
 	 * Run the background job with the registered argument
 	 *
 	 * @param \OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList $jobList The job list that manages the state of this job
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 * @since 7.0.0
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null);
diff --git a/settings/BackgroundJobs/VerifyUserData.php b/settings/BackgroundJobs/VerifyUserData.php
index 5e5b2b9c67..90f9e1fc67 100644
--- a/settings/BackgroundJobs/VerifyUserData.php
+++ b/settings/BackgroundJobs/VerifyUserData.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class VerifyUserData extends Job {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the jobList
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
-	 * @param ILogger $logger
+	 * @param ILogger|null $logger
 	 */
 	public function execute($jobList, ILogger $logger = null) {